When winter comes, there’s no point in resisting. It’s best to dive in and embrace it in both our lives and landscapes. Trends for house decorating change from year to year, but winter’s beauty always offers ample gifts to work with. Here are the coolest ways to...
Although trick-or-treating is a little hit-or-miss this year, your family can easily host Halloween activities at home. And what better place is there than outdoors—beneath the haunted trees, rustling leaves, and glowing moon itself. Don your costumes, skip the candy...
Poinsettia Care Nothing says “Merry Christmas” like an exquisite poinsettia houseplant. But not all poinsettias are equal. Platt Hill Nursery grows its own poinsettia plants to provide the healthiest plants in the most colors possible. We plant our “babies” in July...
Here’s some of the sagest advice you may hear all season: how to grow fresh herbs indoors. They’ve brought our meals to life all season, awakening our taste buds and nourishing us with high-impact nutrients. When winter comes, we don’t have to go...
Before we list common landscape weeds in Chicagoland (and Northern Illinois), we should define what a weed actually is. The description might not be what you’d expect: What is a weed? A weed is defined as any plant that is growing where it is not wanted. The...
